39||0|4634|0| 0|0|0|||1||Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Gryphon||17:45:51|09/06/2014|Coming... quite soon%2C I should think. Within the next day or two.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bhr%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DTuesday%2C March 9%2C 2410%0D%0ALondon%2C England%0D%0AEarth%2C Earth Alliance%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ANanami Kiryuu felt slightly silly%2C sitting in a tall-backed executive desk chair dead-center in an otherwise empty and featureless floor of a vacant office building. She knew it was good theater%3B it%27d make a powerful impression on the people who were supposed to come and see her shortly. The phase before they arrived%2C though%2C there was something mildly ridiculous about that. She supposed she could at least have pretended she was working on something if she%27d had a desk%2C but that would have defeated part of the purpose.%0D%0A%0D%0AShe opened one of the files on the datapad she held %28her only prop for the little drama she was to play out%29 and read it again to kill time while she waited. The nature of the business was such that she couldn%27t be sure exactly when her guests would arrive.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bdiv style%3D%22border-color%3Ablack%3B border-style%3A solid%3B background-color%3A%23d3d3d3%3B padding%3A5%22%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22black%22 face%3D%22Times%22%5D%5Bb%5DFrom the Journal of Mr John R. Carruthers%0D%0A10 May 1941%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AFor nearly six decades now I have been the custodian of a terrible secret. I have kept it faithfully and willingly%2C for the good of all concerned. It does not weigh on me%2C but I know there will soon come a time when I can no longer carry it. Even if the Germans don%27t manage to do for me%2C the White Plague will%2C soon enough.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf mine were an %5Bu%5Dordinary%5B%2Fu%5D terrible secret%2C I would be perfectly willing to take it with me to the grave%2C but it is not. In fact it absolutely must %5Bu%5Dnot%5B%2Fu%5D be allowed to die with me. For all that it must remain hidden now%2C there will just as surely come a day when it must be known. It is for this reason that I set pen to paper today and%2C for the first time%2C make a permanent record of the extraordinary events I witnessed in the winter of 1884...%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Fdiv%5D 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Mercutio||18:45:11|09/06/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Sep-06-14 AT 06:48 PM (EDT)]Oh man.%0D%0A%0D%0AOh %5Bi%5Dman%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0ANanami Kiryuu %5Bi%5Dand%5B%2Fi%5D weird occult action%3F Possibly even going full urban fantasy on us%3F %5Bi%5DTwo of my most favorite things%3F%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AI must have been very good this week to deserve this%21%0D%0A%0D%0AHmm. Winter of 1884%2C eh%3F Probably a coincidence%2C but I do wonder if Atomic Robo and Helsingard are involved in some way.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 2|2|1|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Blackbird||19:30:20|09/06/2014|Hearty agreement%2C on most%2C though admittedly Nanami isn%27t quite one of my favorite things%3B she%27s grown on me in the UF-context%2C but not really further%2C since here is the only place I know her. The journal bit is really neat%2C not to mention efficacious%3B though I struggle to call to mind that to which it might refer%2C nonetheless it is quite clearly in the Lovecraftian vein%2C deliberately%2C of course%2C and set the mood for me %5Bi%5Dvery%5B%2Fi%5D well indeed. I await it eagerly. 3|3|2|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|BZArcher||23:58:50|09/06/2014|Remembering a few things about the last time Nanami%27s next assignment was mentioned%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI think we%27re about to meet a very interesting take on some old%28%3F%29 friends. %0D%0A%0D%0AThis should be fun. 4|4|3|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Proginoskes||00:53:40|09/07/2014|Could you remind the forgetful of us%3F Or better yet%2C point us to where it was last mentioned%3F 5|5|4|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Blackbird||00:58:04|09/07/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Sep-07-14 AT 00:59 AM (EDT)]First Dates and Firefights%2C in the after-credits scene. Touga is apparently unsuitable for this recovery%2C and it doesn%27t require time travel. They seek two people. 6|6|5|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|BZArcher||22:51:44|09/07/2014|And%2C having read the piece%2C my hunch was right. Plus a little %22ooh%2C dear%22 bonus in the transaction. 7|1|0|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Matrix Dragon||23:08:30|09/07/2014|I%27m a sucker for Vastra and Jenny at the best of times%2C so the story of how they met %28and how this version mostly missed out on VIctorian London%29 was definately a welcome read. Although their ending up in Akios hands is certainly worrying. I wonder just what he%27s told them....%0D%0A%0D%0AAs a side note%2C the mental image of a teenage Vastra in a school uniform gave me a brief %27Lost In Cleveland%27 moment.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 8|2|7|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|SpottedKitty||07:03:21|09/08/2014|Agreed%2C this is intriguing.%0D%0A%0D%0AIncidentally%2C has anyone here managed to follow the new Who series%3F It%27s... a bit different. And everyone%27s favourite cute lizard girl and Victorian ninja girl turn up in the first episode...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only. 9|3|8|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Matrix Dragon||07:29:10|09/08/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Sep-08-14 AT 07:29 AM (EDT)]%3EIncidentally%2C has anyone here managed to follow the new Who series%3F %0D%0A%3EIt%27s... a bit different. %0D%0A%0D%0AStill very mixed. So far this year%2C the good parts are Good%2C the bad parts make me want to hit Moffat with hammers. There is no middle ground yet.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 11|3|8|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Gryphon||10:41:21|09/08/2014|%3EIncidentally%2C has anyone here managed to follow the new Who series%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI have not.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 10|1|0|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|dbrandon||09:23:49|09/08/2014|I am ashamed to admit that I was nearly halfway through this piece before I twigged. Well done. 12|1|0|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|zwol||12:00:48|09/08/2014|I%27m unfamiliar with all these characters %28except%2C of course%2C Nanami%29%2C having stopped watching New Who %5Bi%5Dquite some time%5B%2Fi%5D ago %28right after Donna was introduced%2C IIRC%29 -- is Strax also from there%3F That was the only thing that threw me for a loop.%0D%0A%0D%0AI liked the atmospherics of the Victorian-period setting. It%27s got that %22well%2C of %5Bi%5Dcourse%5B%2Fi%5D they found Weird Shit while digging the Underground%22 vibe that makes for the best cryptohistory.%0D%0A%0D%0AGiven just how unexplained the Fleet of Fog is according to H2G2 %28inaccurate as that may be%29%2C I have to wonder whether the item Miss James is offering really is the item the Castellan told Nanami to look out for. 16|2|12|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Gryphon||23:19:11|09/08/2014|%3EI%27m unfamiliar with all these characters %28except%2C of course%2C Nanami%29%2C %0D%0A%3Ehaving stopped watching New Who %5Bi%5Dquite some time%5B%2Fi%5D ago %28right %0D%0A%3Eafter Donna was introduced%2C IIRC%29 -- is Strax also from there%3F That %0D%0A%3Ewas the only thing that threw me for a loop. %0D%0A%0D%0AYes%2C Strax %28formerly %5Bi%5DCommander%5B%2Fi%5D Strax%29 is from the same story arc as Vastra and Jenny. He%27s a Sontaran battlefield nurse %28well%2C they would have no other kind%2C would they%29. Canonically%2C he evidently owed the Doctor a solid%2C or possibly had just concluded that his kung fu was best%3B it%27s ambiguous. He gets dragged into the adventure%2C anyway%2C and goes home with Vastra and Jenny to Victorian London at the end instead of back to his own time. Here%2C the Doctor isn%27t involved and they%27re meeting for the first time in... wherever that last scene takes place.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EGiven just how unexplained the Fleet of Fog is according to H2G2 %0D%0A%3E%28inaccurate as that may be%29%2C I have to wonder whether the item Miss %0D%0A%3EJames is offering really is the item the Castellan told Nanami to look %0D%0A%3Eout for. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C even if it isn%27t%2C she%27s likely to be pretty pleased with it.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 13|1|0|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|eriktown||13:42:21|09/08/2014|Yes. Yes. Yes%21%0D%0A%0D%0AI love everything about this and where it is going. More. 14|1|0|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Bodhi||20:49:38|09/08/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Sep-08-14 AT 08:52 PM (EDT)]That was awesome%21%0D%0A%0D%0AVestra and Jenny are two of my favorite characters%2C and it looks as if they%27ll get to ding Akio%27s pride a bit%2C which is always nice to see. Also%2C more girls with swords. %0D%0A%0D%0AI really liked that Jenny took the time to ask questions%2C instead of just making the assumption that Vestra was unquestionably an enemy. And likewise that Vestra actually sought to communicate despite having been attacked in the very recent past and still injured.%0D%0A%0D%0AI have to admit%2C I was very excited that this piece had nothing to do with Diqiu. I like your version of Korra%2C %28the Sato kids%2C the Air Benders%29 but it%27s just been a lot of focus there lately. The setting is okay%2C but the background bits just don%27t catch my interest. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd%2C really%2C Nall needs to get the hell over it. Whiny%2C moody Nall might be story enhancing to some%2C but isn%27t exactly entertaining.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C that and I like the Corwin%2FAnthy%2FUtena family unit thing. I like the AoN shows%2C the Valiant cruises%2C the Asgard side-trips%2C and the New Avalon%2FEoJ%2FCSI%3ANA pieces. All of that is far more interesting than Diqiu%2C save for those characters above.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo%2C yeah%2C kudos for the departure.%0D%0A%0D%0AHopefully%2C you%27ll stay with this for a bit. Maybe work in Rose and Don Griffin in some way. Maybe work that dialogue fragment of Wakaba%27s in somehow. Maybe have Saionji make some contact with the Duelists. I do have hope that this will lead to Saionji and Mia dismantling whatever the hell Akio has going. Preferably%2C just before someone%2C and I%27m not terribly picky here%2C puts a firearm to his spine and relocates it in a ballistic and final manner.%0D%0A%0D%0AI know%2C keep wishing.%0D%0A%0D%0ANicely done.%0D%0A%0D%0A- Bodhi 15|2|14|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|BZArcher||21:20:44|09/08/2014|Actually%2C while I disagree with you about the Diqiu stuff%2C I am hoping to see if Vastra and Saionji meet up. Even if she doesn%27t exactly pick %22his side%22 in this whole mess%2C she%27s a VERY perceptive young woman. %0D%0A%0D%0AI suspect she%27s going to figure things out in Oriphos much faster than Akio or his lieutenants would like. 17|2|14|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Gryphon||23:43:06|09/08/2014|%3EI have to admit%2C I was very excited that this piece had nothing to do %0D%0A%3Ewith Diqiu.%0D%0A%0D%0A... sigh.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 18|3|17|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Proginoskes||11:12:26|09/09/2014|While I quite %5Bi%5Denjoy%5B%2Fi%5D the %5Bi%5DLegacy of Korra%5B%2Fi%5D works%2C this non-Diqiu %28can%27t remember the diacriticals%29 piece is a delightful palate cleanser that will allow me to appreciate the next LoK thing all the more. %5Bi%5DLegacy of Korra%5B%2Fi%5D hadn%27t reached saturation %28the point where you go %22Man%2C my most favourite thing %5Bi%5Dagain%5B%2Fi%5D%3F This sucks.%22%29%2C but it was starting to approach it. 21|3|17|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Bodhi||15:11:30|09/10/2014|%3E%3EI have to admit%2C I was very excited that this piece had nothing to do %0D%0A%3E%3Ewith Diqiu.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E... sigh. %0D%0A%0D%0AI understand you have a bit of the forthcoming plot invested in the Diqiu bits. And as I%27ve said before%2C I like pretty much everything you%27ve written for the last 15-20 years or so. I%27m just not a fan of the background pieces for Diqiu%2Fthe Mission to Yue. You only can write so much%2C so you write what interests you. I just don%27t share that interest in this setting.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo it was refreshing that Diqiu was not a factor in this one.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Bodhi 19|2|14|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Matrix Dragon||23:19:12|09/09/2014|%0D%0A%3EAnd%2C really%2C Nall needs to get the hell over it. Whiny%2C moody Nall %0D%0A%3Emight be story enhancing to some%2C but isn%27t exactly entertaining. %0D%0A%0D%0AI find this comment far more amusing then I should%2C and not in a nice way.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyhow%2C while Vastra and Jenny are at a bit of a disadvantage right now%2C I suspect Akio hasn%27t quite grasped just how perceptive the pair of them are.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 20|3|19|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Bodhi||15:03:54|09/10/2014|%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EAnd%2C really%2C Nall needs to get the hell over it. Whiny%2C moody Nall %0D%0A%3E%3Emight be story enhancing to some%2C but isn%27t exactly entertaining. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI find this comment far more amusing then I should%2C and not in a nice %0D%0A%3Eway. %0D%0A%0D%0AGlad to be of service. %0D%0A%0D%0AI cannot help the fact that Nall pouting like a twelve-year-old girl irritates me. The stories he is in have consistently built his character and drawn him as a person aware of who and what he is and his place in the current scheme of things. So%2C yes%2C some self-examination may be due. And%2C yes%2C some self-reflection will allow him to correct%2Fexamine%2Faccept some heretofore unnoticed weak points in his psychological framework due to being raised in Midgard alongside Corwin instead of in his native realm. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat said%2C Nax was a bully%2C a killer%2C and a black mark on the family name. Nall killed him not for sport%2C but to defend himself and Umi. It%27s an out-of-character reason %28my opinion%29 for Nall to angst. Nax had it coming%2C practically goaded Nall into it%2C and if the roles were reversed%2C any reader of the story knows Nax would have neither hesitated nor damned the waste of it all. %0D%0A%0D%0AGiven that at least two weeks have elapsed and he%27s still awkward as hell around Corwin%2C of all people. Get actual help from some source %28Corwin offered%21%29 and work it out. My statement stands%2C might be story enhancing to some%2C but isn%27t exactly entertaining.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Bodhi 22|4|20|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|The Traitor||16:45:10|09/10/2014|Your points would be valid... if Nall had killed anyone before. I can%27t remember him doing it%2C though I%27m more than willing to be proven wrong about it. I%27m given to understand that when you kill a person for the first time%2C you%27re shaken up by it. You retreat into yourself a little to examine who you are in this new%2C terrifying context. You are a killer. Doesn%27t matter how bad the other person was%2C at least at first. You are a %5Bi%5Dkiller%5B%2Fi%5D. It is a life-changing event%2C and coming to terms with it takes time.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf that%27s %22whining like a twelve-year-old girl%22 to you%2C then... well%2C it is. I can%27t make you change your mind. What I can do is say%2C not without justification%2C that it makes you sound adolescent. It makes you sound as if you think killing someone%2C killing %5Bi%5Danyone%5B%2Fi%5D%2C is the easy thing to do. Maybe that%27s not what you meant%2C but it%27s sure as buggery what it sounded like to me.%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22She%27s old%2C she%27s lame%2C she%27s barren too%2C %2F%2F %22She%27s not worth feed or hay%2C %2F%2F %22But I%27ll give her this%2C%22 - he blew smoke at me - %2F%2F %22She was something in her day.%22 -- Garnet Rogers%2C %5Bi%5DSmall Victory%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AFiMFiction.net%3A we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have %5Bi%5Dstandards%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DInsert shit joke attempting to lighten the mood here.%5B%2Fsmall%5D 23|5|22|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Nova Floresca||17:01:24|09/10/2014|%3EYour points would be valid... if Nall had killed anyone before. I %0D%0A%3Ecan%27t remember him doing it%2C though I%27m more than willing to be proven %0D%0A%3Ewrong about it.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C he helped Umi kill Touga%2C but that doesn%27t quite count I don%27t think because a%29 Umi did most of the %27work%27%2C with Nall just helping%2C b%29 it%27s not like it particularly inconvenienced Touga for any length of time.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%5Bsmall%5DInsert shit joke attempting to lighten the mood here.%5B%2Fsmall%5D %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Touga%2C you should really try to make something of your new life. Next time%2C try to get the opponent to jam their sword on your ribs%2C so you%27re an inconvenience for at least 10 seconds.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is probably a stupid question%2C but . . .%22 28|5|22|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Bodhi||23:06:00|09/10/2014|%3EYour points would be valid... if Nall had killed anyone before. I %0D%0A%3Ecan%27t remember him doing it%2C though I%27m more than willing to be proven %0D%0A%3Ewrong about it. I%27m given to understand that when you kill a person %0D%0A%3Efor the first time%2C you%27re shaken up by it. You retreat into yourself %0D%0A%3Ea little to examine who you are in this new%2C terrifying context. You %0D%0A%3Eare a killer. Doesn%27t matter how bad the other person was%2C at least at %0D%0A%3Efirst. You are a %5Bi%5Dkiller%5B%2Fi%5D. It is a life-changing event%2C and %0D%0A%3Ecoming to terms with it takes time. %0D%0A%0D%0AYou are entirely correct. As I said%2C story enhancing but not entertaining.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIf that%27s %22whining like a twelve-year-old girl%22 to you%2C then... well%2C %0D%0A%3Eit is. I can%27t make you change your mind. What I can do is say%2C not %0D%0A%3Ewithout justification%2C that it makes you sound adolescent. It makes %0D%0A%3Eyou sound as if you think killing someone%2C killing %5Bi%5Danyone%5B%2Fi%5D%2C is %0D%0A%3Ethe easy thing to do. Maybe that%27s not what you meant%2C but it%27s sure %0D%0A%3Eas buggery what it sounded like to me. %0D%0A%0D%0AHell%2Cif I wanted reality would I be reading a space opera%3F I think not.%0D%0A%0D%0A%27Tis what I deserve for de-lurking.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Bodhi%0D%0A 31|6|28|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|The Traitor||04:31:11|09/11/2014|%3E%3EIf that%27s %22whining like a twelve-year-old girl%22 to you%2C then... well%2C %0D%0A%3E%3Eit is. I can%27t make you change your mind. What I can do is say%2C not %0D%0A%3E%3Ewithout justification%2C that it makes you sound adolescent. It makes %0D%0A%3E%3Eyou sound as if you think killing someone%2C killing %5Bi%5Danyone%5B%2Fi%5D%2C is %0D%0A%3E%3Ethe easy thing to do. Maybe that%27s not what you meant%2C but it%27s sure %0D%0A%3E%3Eas buggery what it sounded like to me. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHell%2Cif I wanted reality would I be reading a space opera%3F I think %0D%0A%3Enot. %0D%0A%0D%0AHeaven forfend that characters be realistic in space opera. They%27re just cartoons%2C right%3F Pointless stock characters with no growth and no change even over more than twenty years in-story%2C making the journey from childhood to adulthood alongside their best friends%2C %5Bi%5Dthat%27s%5B%2Fi%5D what space opera is all about.%0D%0A%0D%0ARealistic characters in outlandish situations. That%27s what science fiction %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D%2C or at least it%27s what it is at its best. I can%27t make you not have a problem with that%2C but I can disagree with you. So I will.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%27Tis what I deserve for de-lurking. %0D%0A%0D%0AYes.%0D%0A%0D%0AYes it is.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C it is if what you%27re de-lurking to say is really fucking stupid.%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22She%27s old%2C she%27s lame%2C she%27s barren too%2C %2F%2F %22She%27s not worth feed or hay%2C %2F%2F %22But I%27ll give her this%2C%22 - he blew smoke at me - %2F%2F %22She was something in her day.%22 -- Garnet Rogers%2C %5Bi%5DSmall Victory%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AFiMFiction.net%3A we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have %5Bi%5Dstandards%5B%2Fi%5D. 34|7|31|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Bodhi||16:35:56|09/11/2014|%3ERealistic characters in outlandish situations. That%27s what science %0D%0A%3Efiction %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D%2C or at least it%27s what it is at its best. I can%27t %0D%0A%3Emake you not have a problem with that%2C but I can disagree with you. So %0D%0A%3EI will. %0D%0A%0D%0ACongratulations. Enjoy that freedom.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWell%2C it is if what you%27re de-lurking to say is really fucking stupid. %0D%0A%0D%0AI thought I was expressing an opinion in a forum where that was not only allowed but anticipated and encouraged. I%27ve made no personal attacks%2C and in fact%2C have been complementary in nearly all my remarks. If anyone should call me out%2C wouldn%27t it be Ben%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ABut thank you for so politely showing me my error.%0D%0A%0D%0AGryphon%2C thank you and rest of the EPU authors for your writings%2C conversation%2C and innovative ideas. %0D%0A%0D%0A-Bodhi 35|8|34|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Gryphon||17:18:35|09/11/2014|Kids%2C don%27t make me stop the car.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 36|9|35|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|TheOtherSean||21:25:14|09/11/2014|%3EKids%2C don%27t make me stop the car. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AYou will if you have to%3F%0D%0AYou really mean it%3F%0D%0AThey%27re getting on your last nerve%3F 24|4|20|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Matrix Dragon||17:18:39|09/10/2014|%3E%3EI find this comment far more amusing then I should%2C and not in a nice %0D%0A%3E%3Eway. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EGlad to be of service. %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C that wasn%27t a compliment. As someone that quite likes the fact that Nall is getting some story time that isn%27t just his brilliant smartassery%2C and involves him considering his life and trying to grow from it%2C your attitude of %27that%27s boring%2C Harden the Fuck Up%21%27 is HILARIOUS.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 29|5|24|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Bodhi||23:27:15|09/10/2014|%3E%3E%3EI find this comment far more amusing then I should%2C and not in a nice %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Eway. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EGlad to be of service. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOh%2C that wasn%27t a compliment. As someone that quite likes the fact %0D%0A%3Ethat Nall is getting some story time that isn%27t just his brilliant %0D%0A%3Esmartassery%2C and involves him considering his life and trying to grow %0D%0A%3Efrom it%2C your attitude of %27that%27s boring%2C Harden the Fuck Up%21%27 is %0D%0A%3EHILARIOUS. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd I did not take it as a compliment. %0D%0A%0D%0AYou misunderstand me%2C I was reading a %5Bb%5DSpace Opera%5B%2Fb%5D and responded as such.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs to the %5Bi%5D%27that%27s boring%2C Harden the Fuck Up%21%27%5B%2Fi%5D%2C those are your words%2C not mine. Seeking distance to reflect%2C I get that. Pulling the disappearing act on the closest thing he has to a brother and then trying to fob him off when he makes the effort to ask what is wrong and what he can do%3F I thought more highly of Nall than that. I just thought it widely out of his character to push Corwin away.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut%2C hey%2C you argue this stuff with Ben and it%27s his story. I%27m just a nobody fan.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Bodhi%0D%0A 30|6|29|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Gryphon||23:56:53|09/10/2014|%3EBut%2C hey%2C you argue this stuff with Ben and it%27s his story. I%27m just a %0D%0A%3Enobody fan. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C let%27s not be dramatic about it. You%27re just not at the end of the arc yet%2C is all.%0D%0A%0D%0AOf course%2C you will have to come with us back to D%26igrave%3Bqi%26uacute%3B to get it%2C since that%27s where it%27s taking place. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 25|1|0|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Matrix Dragon||17:29:09|09/10/2014|So%2C I was rereading this again%2C because I do enjoy watching the Jenny%2FVastra show%2C especially when Jenny is winning. I found myself wondering%2C just where does a match girl get her hands on a katana%3F Not to mention a reputation at this sort of thing.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 26|2|25|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Gryphon||17:54:40|09/10/2014|%3ESo%2C I was rereading this again%2C because I do enjoy watching the %0D%0A%3EJenny%2FVastra show%2C especially when Jenny is winning. I found myself %0D%0A%3Ewondering%2C just where does a match girl get her hands on a katana%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AJapan%2C of course.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 27|3|26|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Matrix Dragon||18:39:01|09/10/2014|Well played sir.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 32|1|0|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Dwaggy||05:59:41|09/11/2014|That was awesome. I like getting to see those three%2C I had no idea that would be who Nanami was picking up. No wonder Touga would be all wrong for that. XD I%27m jus imagining that encounter and.... Hilarious. Anyway- great work as always. 33|2|32|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Verbena||07:10:53|09/11/2014|%3EThat was awesome. I like getting to see those three%2C I had no idea %0D%0A%3Ethat would be who Nanami was picking up. No wonder Touga would be all %0D%0A%3Ewrong for that. XD I%27m jus imagining that encounter and.... Hilarious. %0D%0A%3EAnyway- great work as always. %0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C Touga is a perfect example of the...degeneration%2C the imperfection%2C inherent in the process of becoming a demon. %28A very %5Bi%5DIn Nomine%5B%2Fi%5D concept%2C in fact.%29 Not that he%27s an inveterate lech and misogynistic womanizer--he always was that--but his Aura of Smooth has been warped. Women see right through him now%2C and the only ones who sleep with him are students sleeping their way to the top%2C I would imagine. He thinks he%27s as good at this as Akio%2C and Akio can%27t help but snicker at him behind closed doors. Saionji expressed it perfectly when he said Touga used to have such potential.%0D%0A%0D%0ANanami%27s transformation is a great deal more tragic%2C of course%2C but it all follows a theme. The fact that despite everything she%27s suffered%2C her %5Bi%5Dcompetence%5B%2Fi%5D is still intact as well as her sense of right and wrong is what makes her an interesting character%2C rather than the one-dimensional caricature Akio wanted. %28Yes%2C he says she%27s playing into his hands. And she could be. But did he plan for her to come out this way%2C though%3F I highly doubt that.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAs for including Jenny and Vastra%2C I love those two. Their quietly gleeful moments stomping on Victorian social norms never fails to make me laugh. The inspiring moment for Jenny to me is a scene in %5Bi%5DThe Crimson Horror%5B%2Fi%5D where she whips off the servant%27s dress and has on a Victorian version of commando gear underneath. %28Pretty sure this is what she%27s wearing in this piece.%29%0D%0A%0D%0ACan%27t wait to see where this goes%21 It will be interesting to see their courtship covered in a way it never can be on the show. %28Also%2C anything that smacks of magic always ends up being technology. Great to see this being subverted.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--------%0D%0A%0D%0Athis world created by the %0D%0Ahands of the gods%0D%0Aeverything is false%0D%0Aeverything is a LIE%0D%0Athe final days have come%0D%0Anow%0D%0Alet everything be destroyed%0D%0A%0D%0A--mu 39|3|33|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Matrix Dragon||03:02:17|09/12/2014|%3E%28Also%2C %0D%0A%3Eanything that smacks of magic always ends up being technology. Great %0D%0A%3Eto see this being subverted.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Doctor%27s always been a firm believer that magic is simply sufficiently advanced technology. If I remember right%2C it%27s been noted that his UF counterpart tries to believe that%2C but struggles with the fact there%27s magic out there that the Time Lords simply can%27t understand %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 37|1|0|||||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|StClair||01:50:07|09/12/2014|%3E Vastra%27s face went still%2C her eyes dimming slightly. %22That... will take%0D%0A%3E some explaining%2C%22 she said. %22It appears that... while we slept... we %0D%0A%3E missed the end of the world.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C that makes %5Bi%5Dtwice%5B%2Fi%5D for her%2C dunnit%3F%0D%0A 38|2|37|||1||RE%3A Meanwhile%3A OOTR%3A Underground|Gryphon||02:34:30|09/12/2014|%3E%3E Vastra%27s face went still%2C her eyes dimming slightly. %22That... will take%0D%0A%3E%3E some explaining%2C%22 she said. %22It appears that... while we slept... we %0D%0A%3E%3E missed the end of the world.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWell%2C that makes %5Bi%5Dtwice%5B%2Fi%5D for her%2C dunnit%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ASome girls have all the luck.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D